"Because all of us are united in the belief that we must build in New York where every worker can live a life of decency," he said. "We must build a New York where our words do not ring hollow. "As we say that this is a union town, and we must build a New York where the workers who power it are able to afford to live in it."
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Welcome to City Limits' NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Know of an event we should include in next week's calendar? Email us.
An NYPD school crossing guard was arrested in Queens over the weekend for throttling his girlfriend. According to police sources, 20-year-old Bryan Merchan was charged in the confines of the 104th Precinct at around 5:55 p.m. on Nov. 30 with criminal obstruction of breathing and assault. While police did not provide further details, a source with knowledge of the investigation reported that Merchan got into a domestic dispute with his 20-year-old girlfriend inside their Glendale home.
Spend five minutes in Times Square and you'll see more I Love NY T-shirts than actual New Yorkers, which is exactly why the best NYC gifts aren't often found in souvenir shops at all. This city is stacked with makers, bakers, quirky boutiques and blink-and-you'll-miss-it storefronts producing things you genuinely can't get anywhere else (or at least not without knowing where to look).
The NYPD released an image of the suspect, who has a medium complexion with curly hair with a goatee and is approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and 140 pounds. He wore a navy blue hooded sweatshirt, black pants, and black sneakers. A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information that leads to his arrest and indictment.
Police said the fiery attack occurred at 3:10 a.m. on Dec. 1 on board a Harlem-bound 3 train traveling between the 34th Street-Penn Station and Times Square-42nd Street stops. Law enforcement sources said the unidentified perpetrator approached the dozing man, aged 55, and used an unidentified substance to set fire to the victim's lower body. The victim managed to exit the train at Times Square-42nd Street and seek assistance.
A woman was shot in Manhattan and a teenaged boy was blasted in Brooklyn in unrelated attacks within two hours of each other Sunday afternoon, police said. The 48-year-old woman was shot in the thigh while standing outside on 112th St. near Fifth Ave. in Harlem around 2 p.m., cops said. She was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside in stable condition. Police are looking for two suspects who fled on a scooter, authorities said.
New Yorkers have dozens of diabolical ways to cheat the city's unevenly enforced traffic laws and easy-to-fool license-plate readers: temporary tags from other states, fake plates bought off Amazon, bent plates, letters or numbers painted over with Wite-Out, a sticker that turns an "L" into an "I," Bond-villain plate flippers. Even a well-placed leaf can allow cars to slip past tolls or red-light cameras. Many vehicles with defaced or concealed plates have numerous traffic violations and unpaid fines.
But horrible décor is no longer something many buyers know how to shrug off - or are willing to, now that luxury pricing's come to even the lowest-end apartments. In most parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, where $1 million gets you a one-, maybe a two-bedroom, and often one with an awkward layout or unfortunate view, staging has gone from a rare practice deployed mainly at new developments and super-high-end homes to something even many rental brokers consider de rigueur.
Detectives in the Bronx are looking for the suspect who shot a man on Sunday night. Police sources said the shooting happened just before 10:15 p.m. on Nov. 30 at 3800 Carpenter Ave. in Olinville. Officers from the 47th Precinct rushed to the location after receiving a 911 call for assistance. The arriving cops found the victim, a 34-year-old man, shot once in the lower abdomen.
Law enforcement sources said the gunfire erupted outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Houses at 21 West 112th St. just before 2:10 p.m. on Nov. 30. Officers from the 28th Precinct and NYPD PSA 5 responded to the location after receiving reports of a person shot there. Upon arriving at the scene, authorities said, the cops came upon the victim, a 48-year-old woman who sustained a gunshot wound to her thigh.
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act or COPA, also known as Intro 902, would require owners of buildings with three or more residential units to notify the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and a list of qualified entities when their buildings will be listed for sale, giving these nonprofits a first right of refusal to purchase a residential property.
I'm heading into this holiday season on the budget of all budgets, and it's not easy. There's so much to do during the holidays, especially in New York, and, it's tough when you see parents taking their kids somewhere enthralling every week of December when you can barely afford to snap a photo with a mall Santa. If you're on an extremely tight budget this year, try not to lose hope.
Menin declared victory right before Thanksgiving - earlier than any speaker candidate in New York history - but with weeks to go before the actual vote there is still time for Council members to reconsider. The "vote pledges" that Menin has in her pocket are worth only a little bit more than the press release they're printed on, and as one reporter once said about the shifting sands of these alliances, " politics ain't beanbag."
On Thursday, the parade forged ahead in the United States despite the threat of strong winds. In the lead-up to the annual tradition, the National Weather Service had warned of potential gusts of up to 35 miles per hour, equivalent to 56 kilometres (35 miles) per hour. Powerful blasts of wind reaching 55km/h (34mph) could have grounded the event, as could sustained winds of 37km/h (23mph), per parade rules.
Every local purchase made during the holiday season is a vote for a vibrant New York where mom-and-pop stores and local entrepreneurship can thrive. When you walk into a neighborhood shop or place a holiday order with a local vendor, you're choosing to invest in our communities through businesses that make our city unique and contribute to our collective economic future.
QUEENS, NY - A Brooklyn man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a fellow passenger who asked him to quiet down during a cellphone call on an E train in Queens. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that 50-year-old Johnny Wood was arraigned on charges including attempted murder, assault, and weapon possession following the violent encounter. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. on November 22 aboard a World Trade Center-bound E train stopped at the Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer station.
After months of gathering local feedback, the DOT narrowed its redesign plans into two options [PDF]: Option 1 offers a straight "promenade" design that divides pedestrian plazas and "shared traffic" lanes into parallel corridors, whereas Option 2 offers a zig-zagging "meander" design that switches the pedestrian plazas and the shared traffic lanes at every intersection.
Even as thousands of New Yorkers gobble up turkey on their Thanksgiving dinner plates, wild turkeys are thriving in the city's urban wildlife landscape. Native to North America, turkeys live throughout the city, scouting out habitats that have tall trees and delicious treats, such as, well, bugs. Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) are flockin' around NYC. Much of that avian action takes place on Staten Island, mostly to the delight, but sometimes to the dismay, of local residents who talked turkey with amNewYork.
A young man pulled nearly lifeless from the waters just off the Coney Island boardwalk died at the hospital Monday morning, cops said. The unidentified man - believed to be in his 30s - was unconscious and unresponsive when cops responded to a 911 call around 7:30 a.m. and found him floating in the Atlantic on the east side of the iconic Brooklyn beach, police said. A witness told police he'd been in the water for a "period of time," sources said.
